Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day

GIVEAWAY CLOSED!!

Firstly, sorry this is a little late ! I wanted to have something made for the Sew Mama Sew giveaway but it just isn't going to happen in time so I thought I'd offer a FQ bundle of seasonal fabrics instead.

There are 5 prints including Matroyska dolls, chickens and snowflakes in red and green on a natural background which would be perfect for Christmas crafts. And also a cute little notebook to jot down your ideas.To enter, please leave a comment below telling me some ideas for gifts for the boys or men in your life as they are the ones I find it difficult to buy or make for. If you think you may be a "no-reply" blogger then please leave your email address.

I am quite happy to post overseas also, so international entries are welcome. The giveaway is open until December 7th 2012 at 5 pm PST - which I think converts to Saturday 8th December at 12 noon AEDST.Note: I may not get back to everyone but thank you so much for visiting and good luck!

252 comments:

Cute bundle. I like that the fabrics are Christmassy but not overwhelmingly so. I am with you on guys being difficult to find gifts for. This year I am going quite handmade, and making a quilt for one brother (it wasn't initally intended as a Christmas gift, but its taken me a while to make it), a cushion for the other, and some oven mitts/hot pads for my dad. Books (including cookbooks), music, kitchen gadgets, t-shirts, vouchers and nice booze are also go-to guy gifts for me.

Wow, those prints are adorable!Guys are very difficult to buy for. Books are always good. T-shirts, tools or music DVD's are another choice. Or if you are like me - give them the ultimatum to buy their own present and you'll wrap it up!! Thanks for the chance to win.therese.aiken@gmail.com

Guys are really hard. I'm making cutting boards for the big guys and with cheese, sausage and a bit of mustard, and a fun beer. I've made hats and mittens in the past, but teens are hard, I cheat and get t shirts from Theadless, so I support artist instead, teens and pre teens love them. Thanks for the giveaway!

My go to is fun foods that I pick up at craft fairs. This year I got my husband and brother wine and pepper flavored jellies, various dip mixes, and chocolate merlot wine. I have to agree-the boys are hard to shop for! Thanks so much for a chance to win some beautiful fabric!

I'm making my brother and my husband each a pair of pajama pants and I'm making my dad a quilted case for his glasses. I'm also making my husband a zip pouch, but I'm finishing it tomorrow. He asked for it a while ago, and I've just been busy with other stuff.

This is not a handmade gift, but those Air Hogs helicopters at Amazon and Target get great reception from my husband and they are easy on the wallet, too. As far as homemade, coffee cake and white chocolate chip macadamia nut cookies always are appreciated. Thanks for the giveaway...those fabrics are gorgeous!

Magazine subscriptions for the boys, like Popular Mechanics. They can read them whilst they're sitting on the toilet or something. Guess I shouldn't say that on such a pretty blog. It is a pretty blog!

See my giveaway as it has gotten a few "must have for hubby" comments.Granted they are kitchen towels but the technique could easily be made into something else. I am tranferring fun images with Citrasolv as the transfer agent. "Stay Calm & Fly On".Thanks for the giveaway and please enter mine.

I'm making my husband and son PJ pants for Christmas-my husband has 2 pairs of flannel pants and has had both since before we got married and actually does wear them. That's my best trick-find something they actually like that is getting worn out, and replace it with another of the same thing but new and nice!For my Dad I couldn't get the findings in time for this Christmas, but for next year I'm going to make him custom cufflinks!

What a great prize pack. I am afraid I will not be much help on the gift-giving front. Luckily this year, both my boys are trying to buy something big, so I will just contribute to that effort. Both love iTunes gift cards, though. Books are good for them and they light up like little children when they see a big bag of candy just for them :-)

Im making my man a quilt with the colour theme of his Motorbike of choice. I'm also doing the 12 days of christmas gift "suprises" and is inlcuding things like lollies, socks, Iphone covers and quilted nail clippers holder so he stops loosing them down the side of the couch!!!

Don't feel bad...every year I say; "Guys, I need your lists" and every year I never get one. Truly like pulling teeth! So this year I'm making Flannel Lounge pants, books,Starbucks and Movie Theater gift cards. Oh yes, as a consequence for never giving a list they get...socks.

Lovely giveaway, Kirsten. I find himself impossible to buy for because when he needs something he just get it and leaves nothing to put on a Christmas list. I let the girls pick sometimes, which is why he got a hot water bottle with a pink bunny cover one year.

What adorable fabrics! I have to say I go for a fun assorted selection of beers of the world- and no matter how many times I get them my DH's face LIGHTS up (and some years he gets these twice a year). And I get the same smile every time he opens one of the bottles! This year I will add quilted coaster and a beer cozy! I can already see the smiles!

Hi Kirsten and thank you for a lovely give away! I see that I'm not only one who find it difficult with men's present. I knitted socks, made pillows, bought shirts - I think now they could use phone/laptop cases. x Teje

Hello to another Aussie :)Hmmm, pressies for the men in our lives? My boys are 9 and 1 so happy with anything I make them, tends to be shorts! As for hubby, he would prefer I cooked for him rather than sewed--LOL!!

That is a very sweet and seasonal fabric bundle! :)I'm really stuck on what to make or get the menfolk in my life for Christmas. They're all incredibly hard to think up presents for; they have everything already and their interests are all things I know very little about, or even understand at all!

I went with 'luxury' socks this year for my brother - cashmere, with a little nylon for strength. I also got him a gift certificate, because I know he wants one. I think hats can be a good choice, scarves, perhaps sweaters if you're sure of their size/tastes. DVDs are also always popular with my brother.

Gorgeous giveaway Kirsten - I love those Scandinavian prints. Men are just difficult to buy for period. My hubby isn't too bad as he loves clothes, aftershave, a watch, music...actually he's quite easy if I think about it! He'll have to wait for his quilt though - machine needs to be repaired first!

Those fabrics are beautiful! If he's a techy guy you could always make a messenger bag for his laptop :) If it's not homemade, then maybe some nice liqour, a new watch, does he like jewellery? I think it really depends on the guy :) Thanks for this giveaway!

What beautiful fabrics. Men and boys are always difficult and with my luck I only had sons. Pjs are an option tool rolls, welders caps.zipper pouches to keep their car registration and insurance papers in. Ok my brain just stopped. Thanks for the chance to win

Hello from Michigan USA - Love the cute fabric and giveaway! Those chickens are sweet :) Enjoyed your blog - ideas for boys/men - I have many to sew for - sleep/lounge pants, wine tote bags, and cases for their cars for holding registration papers etc and a first aid kit! Boys - pillow cases (my husband like that too) and I did super hero capes too. Thank you !

Super cute fabrics! I'm planning on an apron for my husband who likes to cook. Unfortunately, he doesn't like to change out of his work clothes before he does it and has ruined many a work shirt. :) Thanks for the giveaway!

What a cute little bundle! I have a hard time with the men in my life as well. I only have to shop for my hubby and my brother. However, Hubby and I normally do not exchange gifts. My brother is tech sauvy and gets everthing himself. I might make him pillow cases this year.

My boys are still little so I am making them cooking aprons this year for their kitchen set. As long as it is in their favorite character pattern, I think it will be a hit. Well one of them will definitely love it, he's my helper and LOVES to help me cook. Thanks for the wonderful giveaway!

Men certainly are hard. I made my son a Steelers Christmas tree ornament this year. He usually like to get gift cards for Amazon or I-tunes. Money is really tight for him, so this gives him the chance to splurge during the year.I LOVE the Matroyska Dolls

Thank you so much for such a lovely giveaway. One of the stocking stuffers I have purchased for my teen age son is a gift certificate for ITunes. He loves music and can use the card immediately, on Christmas morning. :o)

They are really hard to make for! I would think maybe a bin for his car, or a case for sunglasses. I made my husband a knitted hat this year. For my boys, cases for their colored pencils, knitted gnomes, wool felt animal masks. I made them fleece blankets last year, which they use often. I saw a gift card wallet that I thought would be great for a teen, since they tend to get lots of those. My boys really like to put things together, I was thinking a kit with wood of different sizes to create a project, like a house or whatever they think up. Also saw a fort kit which I thought would be fun for a pre-teen age boy, with sheet, pins, rope and a few other things in a handmade bag.

I usually get my hubby a magazine subscription to his favourite car mag. Because he is into cars it makes it easier to buy his presents (anything to do with cars lol).Last year I got him a photo frame (he keeps at work) and loaded it with pics of happy pics from the past. He loved it.

If they are of age, I got my hubs a home brewing kit 10 years ago. Now, he's brewing up craft beers in 5 gallon batches. If you like beer, it's a gift that keeps giving - and you'll always have "add ons" for future gifts!

This year, the hubs is getting a new sleeping bag, clothes, a New York Giants flag to hang on game day and a humidore,

To make? I've made my husband a knitted jumper, but I think his fave is the hat I knit for me, but he adopted. To buy/make? My hubs is looking for some rain-proof pants and water-resistant gloves for when he cycles. Hope that helps!

I would love to win your fabric..... For my husband I knitted a beanie and a scarf, last year some socks . And he loves books and DVD's from old westerns from the sixties! For our grandson it's not easy, I really do not know this year!!!!

Thanks for the giveaway! I am making some crocheted amigurumi monsters for my nephews and I have plans to make a football themed lap quilt for my husband, but that won't happen by Christmas. wonderlandbyalyce(at)gmail(dot)com

Men are difficult- except my dad who loves anything us kids make and he's currently collecting my crocheted doilies. For my brother and brother-in-laws I've made hotpads for the grill, rice bags since they're in manual labor professions, coasters for their man caves, and hats. Thank you for a great giveaaway! kcarlson1152[at]hotmail.com

I m buying my husband a Jedi Bathrobe for christmas and some star wars lego. I have 4 little girls and find men really hard to shop for too. I did homemade shaving soap in mugs with the brush to apply it and that was a hit. For my dad I bake and send pictures of our kids on an SD card every year to go with a digital frame we bought him a few years ago. Thanks for joining in the SMS giveaway fun! fourlittlecupcakes at gmail dot com

I won't be doing it for Christmas but I'm planning in making my 16 year old brother the gamer quilt in the Geared for Guys book. My husband usually hints well at what he would like and it's usually tools. Thanks for the opportunity to win! Misty.Ann.Fletcher at gmail dot com

I've knitted scarves & hats. My Dad still uses the scarf I made for him 40 years ago & my brother-in-law wears his hat alot. I'm making a throw quilt for my husband with college themed fabrics. Thanks for the chance to win.

For my hubby I'm knitting him a vest, I'm also buying him a stash of socks! For my son who is a toddler, I am giving him a bike!For my brother for his bday - he is really hard to buy for... so I bought a book called The Toaster Project, it was such a good book that he lent it to me to read!

My husband is a minimalist. He's difficult to say the least! I'm making him a sweatshirt fleece robe/house coat because our house gets a bit cold in the winter. He'll love it, I'm sure! (or at least he'll pretend to, lol) Thanks for the giveaway!

My husband is a minimalist. He's difficult to say the least! I'm making him a sweatshirt fleece robe/house coat because our house gets a bit cold in the winter. He'll love it, I'm sure! (or at least he'll pretend to, lol) Thanks for the giveaway!

I agree with ot is difficult buy or make something for men. My idea is organizer for tools made from fabric. My husband ha s always, Mess in his toolbox, sp now he will have all his screwdriver in one pos of fabric

Great fabrics - thanks for the chance to win them! I made an apron for my brother and brother in law a couple of years ago. I've also made heat bags (filled with rice) for some of the guys in my life. jgemeroy(at)shaw(dot)ca

Boys are always hard to shop for! If I make things pillowcases in sport themes like basketball, soccer, baseball is always popular or even soft flannel woodsy/forest themes. Also, I've had success with those little fleece tie quilts made up in plaids, sports teams, or forest/nature theme prints. Gift cards is what they like when they're teens and legos, nerf guns and action figures when they're little. Can you tell I live in a house full of boys :)

I make plushes or quilts for little boys, I found a cool pattern on Bustle and sew for making a fabric taxidermy deer head that's pretty cool. Maybe sunglasses cases, CD wallet things for the car, notebooks, even art?

My husband is so hard to buy for, we kind of each buy for ourselves some years or buy something for the house together. I have no idea for this year! My son gives me a list thank goodness. Thanks for a great giveaway~!

What a perfectly lovely giveaway. My partner has just discovered that we possess a bread making machine, and has claimed ownership over it, so for him this year, it'll be something bread-related. For my son, if it can't be used on, or around, a football pitch, then it's not worth having....Hmmmm.... Merry Christmas! xx

As I am a man its easy to find what I like as I just make it my self. I don't do flowers. I love about every thing else. I have done many quilts now that I would call manly but there is not a single thing I could put my finger on to tell you whats for them. But pink and flowers are out haha.

Wonderful bundle!! I am planning on making pajama pants for my 3 boys in flannel. I have made them scarves, pencil rolls, boy bags for gear, one of my sons love minky - so I was thinking a throw. I like the idea of a car kit as Wendy said. My niece makes her brother homemade freezer foods each year- he is 29 and loves it..lol

These fabrics are absolutely *adorable*! Thanks for the giveaway chance! As for men - yeah, aren't they worst?! :) I don't have a husband or boyfriend to buy / craft for this year, but I do have a brother who will just buy the few things he wants. He's so difficult to to find a gift for! I made him a quilt last year and that would be pretty much all the quilt he needed, but then he was really upset about that idea! So this year I'm making another one, this one a cozy lap quilt. My brother's a bit of a freak, but he really likes the type of handmade things you might cozy up with. Not so useful for an Australian summer coming up, but my other ideas were way worse. :) Thanks again! ( julie at button-button dot co dot uk )

I recommend books and Lego. Or magazine subscriptions (have you discovered Cricket magazines for kids)New clothes are always good so are board games - my children love games night at our house so a new game is always welcome.Hope this helps.

Unfortunately, socks, undershorts and shavers usually are top on our list, but they seem to like them. Thanks for the opportunity on a great draw. Merry Christmas to you.bonnielarson58(at)gmail(dot)com.

Legos always work for boys up to early teens or video games. I buy clothes in the style they wear alot,I've been know to bring them shopping and have them pick out stuff and come back at a later date. Thanks for chance to win.